Sidedressed silver king corn again
5/21/2019 – The three rows of Silver King Corn looks pale and in need of nitrogen. Side dressed it with 34-0-0 + a little lime.
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ID’ed Botrytis on some roses
The little pink climbing roses on either side of the front gate bloomed heavy for weeks then all of a sudden most blooms turned blackish, shriveled and fell apart over the past 2 days. For the past 3-4 days, some of the blooms on the two white hybrid tea roses in the Bay Tree bed […]
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Harvesting, Sidedressing, Planting, and Transplanting
5/20/2019 – We started this morning about 7 AM and worked until 9:30 in the garden and accomplished the following: Enjoyed the first-ever squash and zucchini harvest of 2 large zucchini and four 6″ long yellow squash. In the photo below are three zucchini as I picked one yesterday. Thinned the cantaloupes to two plants […]
Continue ReadingFertilized all Crepes with 15-0-15
Lightly fertilized all Crepes with 15-0-15 other than the Sunset Magics. Also did the very young ones along the orchard side of the north-south 4-board fence and the ones at the grain bin. Per The Crape Myrtle Company, they should be fed with a light application of a balanced fertilizer every 2 weeks during the […]
Continue ReadingThinned 1st lima beans and sprayed Sevin on corn damage
5/19/2019 – Thinned again the first 3 rows of Nemagreen lima beans (rows 10, 11 and 12) to 3″-6″ spacing. Many that pulled up had a lot of roots so planted them deep (~3″) in the gaps. Found 8-10 corn stalks about the 7th T-Post from the south fence in Row 2 where the leaves […]
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Completed old hay string removal and reseeding in the old garden
5/18/2019 – For the past 3 months we have worked to remove the 20+ years of hay string in the area of the old garden immediately north of the new garden. Of course, the removal of the string will never end but we got the worst of it and what is left that we can […]
Continue ReadingPeacock Orchids at the kitchen door
5/18/2019 – Mary had ordered the bulbs along with the glads from American Meadows and planted them in the bed immediately south of the kitchen door among the daylilies. She planted a bag of 25 Acidanthera Callianthus, commonly known as the Peacock Orchid, whose “beautiful blooms produce a sweet scent, adding a delicate allure to […]
Continue ReadingGarden: Sprayed Sevin and watered
5/17/2019 – General weeding, of course, and sprayed Sevin on the peas & beans as follows: PEPH – New growth shows curling as before Kentucky Wonder Bush – Not much damage so sprayed along the top Texas Creme Peas – Young but there is a lot of leaf curling. More so that the PEPH. Mary […]
Continue Reading2nd Bulk Tank Daylily Feeding
For 25 gallons The 3/4″ plastic supply hose in the first set up was replaced with a 1/2″ ID, 15′ long hose to dispense the solution slower for better control and to reach further back into the beds. That was a good change as it worked out as planned. The last time with the 3/4″ […]
Continue ReadingGladiolus planted along the south side
5/16/2019 – Mary ordered the bag of 15 Summer Essential Spring Mix glads from American Meadows and planted them under the eave on both sides of the front door beyond the roses. “Summer Essentials Gladiolus Mix includes warm and breezy shades of pink, coral and apricot-orange flowers.” I dug up about a 1″ swath along […]
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